Curated OER
World Records
For this world records worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about different world records with nouns from a word bank. Students complete 10 sentences.
Curated OER
Big Pumpkins
In this pumpkin activity, 4th graders study a chart of the largest pumpkins grown. Students use the given data to answer 7 short answer questions.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 12 9 13: World's Toughest Tongue Twister!
Article reports on what has recently been deemed the world's most difficult tongue twister. Includes a brief video.
Read Works
Read Works: City of Broken Records
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about the city of Dubai and its attempts to break several world records. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Skydiver Breaks Sound Barrier
Felix Baumgartner travelled faster than the speed of sound when he jumped from the edge of space back down to earth. This record breaking jump hurtled Baumgartner through the sky at more than 800 miles an hour.